Cruel Joys
03/10/2002
2h



This simple story is the feature debut for well-known Slovak theater and television director Juraj Nvota. Set in a Slovak village at the turn of the last century, the story teems with passion, and repressed and hidden emotion. It delves into the search for identity, investigating both love and hatred, while dramatizing the tragic relationship between an adolescent girl (Tatiana Pauhofová) and her ambitious father (Ondrej Vetchý). Set against the striking though simple backdrop of a picturesque, even idyllic, landscape - one ostensibly cut off from any important historical, political, or social context whatsoever - the arrival of an unwanted individual evokes the onset of a cruel drama.
Cast


Tatiana Pauhofová
Valentína


Ondřej Vetchý
Karel


Milan Mikulčík


Anna Šišková


Július Satinský


Csongor Kassai
Lajosz


Lukáš Latinák


Ady Hajdu
Gabriel


Szidi Tobias


Zuzana Kanócz


Martin Nahálka


František Zvarík


Anikó Varga


Lucia Klein Svoboda


Attila Mokos
Emília Došeková


Zuzana Haasová


Ján Kroner


Milan Ondrík
Klára Roštárová
Julius Zagon
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